Olaf Hartenstein and Carolin Schilling-Schulz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Introduction On January 14 2016 the broker law division of the Federal Court of Justice ruled on a case (I ZR 107/14) where the Cologne Bar Association had filed an injunction against an...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A Danish freight forwarder was liable for the theft of valuable LEGO toys worth approximately €110,000, because it was not proved that the loss of goods was the result of a robbery. However, the freight forwarder could limit his liability...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A contracting carrier and a shipping company were liable for damages that arose when 30 trailers were carried by sea on deck during stormy weather. The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court found that there were no grounds for...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An American freight forwarder must pay 160,000 USD in damages to a Danish shipping company after having rejected a contract at the last minute and at the same time hired another shipping company to conduct the carriage. The Danish...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A road haulier’s insurance company had to pay damages worth EUR 35,000 to the road haulier, who had indemnified a freight forwarder in order to preserve their commercial relationship. The Maritime and Commercial High Court dismissed the...

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark An insurance company had to pay damages amounting to approximately 650,000 EUR, when a fire arose in a truck, which a Danish carrier had leased from an affiliated company in Italy. According to the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court,...